Ronda Rousey finally has something to smile about - a key role in a Hollywood comedy. Photo: Jake Michaels/New York Times

In the short clip, Rousey talks about how unimpressed she is by women whose sole ambition was to snaffle a wealthy suitor: "I have this one term for the kind of woman my mother raised me not to be. I call it a 'do nothing bitch' ... a DNB, the kinda chick that just tries to be pretty and be taken care of by somebody else".

Sisters writer Paula Pell, a Saturday Night Live veteran, penned a script inspired by the clip, sold it to Universal Pictures, which so liked the shape of the project it pencilled in Tina Fey to star with Rousey. Pell and Fey have signed on to produce the film, which is clear evidence there is still a big appetite for Rousey, although she was badly beaten by Holly Holm the last time she climbed in the UFC ring in Melbourne last November.

The movie looks set to be: "a female-empowerment tale dealing with wealthy pampered wives who get a rude awakening at a camp where Rousey plays the no-nonsense instructor," according to Mike Fleming Jnr of Deadline.com.

He claimed the script cost Universal a "six figure" sum to acquire.

Rousey hosts Saturday Night Live on January 23 and has also been confirmed to star in another big film, the reboot of 1980s cult classic Road House. Rousey will play Patrick Swayze's bouncer and the film is due for release in 2017.